Re: 5250 to Web Interface / Application Modernization

[Jay Vaughn <jeffersonvaughn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good call Booth on the approach of rewriting. 

Jay

> On Apr 5, 2019, at 5:25 PM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Not to disagree with you in some respects Booth - but you realize that "current iSeries machines" is a contradiction in terms right? <grin>
>
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> > On Apr 5, 2019, at 5:15 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On the other hand, has there yet been a virus in the wild for this platform?
> >
> > I don't keep up with these things, but as recently as last week I was hearing a story of a distribution center brought to an abrupt halt  by sabotaged software, severe enough so that workers were sent home.  Rumors were that it from a malicious attack.  The only computer equipment still working in the building were cell phones and a couple of current iSeries machines.
> >
> > In other words, it would seem that a good, strong, and defensible argument can be made for this platform's reliability in this age of cyber-terrorism, bullying, ransomware, and non-innocent hi-jinks.
> >
> > It would seem that it might be a lot easier to re-write those insulting sign-on screens than to swivel to a less robust paltform.
> >
> > > On 4/5/2019 3:25 PM, Nathan Andelin wrote:
> > > ... Organizations will only put up for so long with a signon screen
> > > that says "(C) COPYRIGHT IBM CORP. 1980".  ...
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